joelflood 1990's, bottom bracket, Coventry, grease guard, suntour, Ultralite, wtb, xc-pro

Grease fitting on bottom bracket spindle

Coventry(uk) Ultralite cottered bottom bracket axle has grease fittings on either end of the spindle and a hole at both bearing races so grease grease can be injected into the bottom bracket without disassembling. One could also use lightweight oil, as well.Suntour(japan), in conjunction with Wilderness Trail Brothers(WTB), later used a similar design with their … Continue reading Grease fitting on bottom bracket spindle

joelflood Campagnolo, cinelli, for sale, inch pitch, Pista, Schwinn Paramount, track

57cm Schwinn Paramount track bike sold

1971 Schwinn Paramount with all cool stuff a Paramount could have.Reynolds 531 double butted through out, Nervex Pro lugs, boxlined.57cm center to center seattube.56cm center to center toptube.Campagnolo Pista cranks with inch pitch chainring, and campagnolo inch pitch cog.Wipperman block chain-super rare.Campagnolo Nuovo Record track hubs(Schwinn double drilled hubs), tied and soldered in Schwinn Approved … Continue reading 57cm Schwinn Paramount track bike sold

joelflood Aluminum, Barra, Barralumin, french, Ideale, Lam Brakes, stronglight

1950 Barra aluminum bike on Ebay

Barra on Ebay Here(not our bike)Made by Nicolas Barra, welded aluminum French bike. beautiful. sellers description-"53 cms seat tube c/c53 cms top tube c/cseat post full integratedflattened tube on the rearideale leather alloy 58 saddlestronglight single cranksetsimplex alloy rear derailleurlam brakeset and pads with special spokes in place of cablesrear brake cable throught the seattubesuper … Continue reading 1950 Barra aluminum bike on Ebay

joelflood 1930's, BSA, ccm, cotter-less cranks, cotterless cranks, Persons, six day racer, track

1930s track bike with diamond tubing

 Unknown builder with incorrect fork. It does have Pop Brennan decal on the headtube, but we do not believe it was built by him. It may have been worked on or repaired by him. The lugs are finely filed, rather uncommon from this time period. The rear triangle is built with diamond seat and chain … Continue reading 1930s track bike with diamond tubing